Wideopen Islands

Not to be confused with East Wideopen and West Wideopen, part of Inner Farne

The Wideopen Islands are a group of islands and rocks lying seven nautical miles north of Boreal Point of Joinville Island, and a little to the east of D'Urville Island, off the northern tip of Graham Land in the British Antarctic Territory.

The islands rise up to 200 feet above sea level, lying off the north-east entrance of Larsen Channel.

The islands were roughly surveyed from a distance by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey in 1953-54 from "Hope Bay". They were photographed from the air by Falkland islands and Dependencies Aerial Survey Expedition in 1956-57, and the name 'Wideopen Islets' was applied to the whole group because of its exposed and isolated position on the south side of Bransfield Strait. The name 'Wideopen Islands' was approved by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee in 1958.

Outside links

• Location map: 63°0’1"S, 55°48’35"W
• Gazetteer and Map of The British Antarctic Territory: Wideopen Islands